Women play second fiddle at summer music festivals

Coachella 2014: Out of 166 acts playing Indio, 16 are all-female bands or solo artists. Is it discrimination, lack of talent or just business?INDIO, Calif. — Dee Dee Penny, lead singer of the Dum Dum Girls, is no stranger to performing at giant summer musical events. At the first of the two-weekend Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival events last Friday, her retro-rock act played before thousands of ecstatic fans.

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